Need your eye for this 20 floral fabric spread for a Bargello

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02-27-2011, 08:46 PM

#81

BETTY62

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I love all of your fabric choices. I am looking forward to seeing the finished quilt.

02-27-2011, 09:10 PM

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Rock Lady

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I like it better without the red small print. Looking good.

02-27-2011, 09:18 PM

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Iluv2quilt

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Wow!! I really like all the floral prints you chose, I think your combinations work really nice together and will flow perfectly. Good luck and enjoy!

02-27-2011, 09:22 PM

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saraaev

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I agree with BJ, I think moving that red just one place to the right will flow in a more seamless manner. Sara

02-27-2011, 09:23 PM

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Pieceful Quilter

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I think that a few tone on tones, or very small prints would give the eye somewhere to rest.

02-27-2011, 09:27 PM

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luckylindy333

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In the picture of the pattern, the fushia really jumps out at me. I think the red will do that in your first layouts. I don't see anything wrong with that. My first quilt was a bargello- my teacher said to also be sure that the very first and very last go together, too, as the whole thing is going to be sewed together as a tube, right?

02-28-2011, 04:12 AM

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Nell

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Love that sewing machine. How do you get that to function.

02-28-2011, 10:25 AM

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Ritacarl

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Quote:

Originally Posted by barnbum

Quote:

Originally Posted by bj

I think I would swap the red small print with the one to its right with blue, red, and pink larger flowers. I think it would give you a transition from warm on the right to cool on the left since it contains both warm and cool colors. I like all the fabrics! :-D :-D

Okay--let me try that...be right back.

Starting at the right side, try removing bolt 5 and 7. See how that works.

02-28-2011, 10:29 AM

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Ritacarl

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Quote:

Originally Posted by barnbum

Major changes... almost started from scratch. I took the darker multi colored one out--and kept the large floral between colors it'd match with no matter what shows up. I put some fabrics back in I thought muddled things up--but put solid-like pieces between them. I made sure fabrics with green were spread throughout. Still reads watercolor rather than contrast... but it'll be interesting to see what happens.

I'm not 100% this is "the one" but it gets closer.

Thanks for all the ideas--I think I've incorporated every one. :thumbup:

I think bolt 2 from the right needs to be removed. To much pink next to the blue.

02-28-2011, 02:22 PM

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wildyard

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I would remove the large floral that is 6th from the right in that last photo and I'd leave in that red small floral. I really liked it in it's original position from the first photo.
The large floral has too many different colors so when it is cut up, it will be inconsistent in it's squares. The colors will vary too much to give you a good color line there; IMHO.